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Showing 56015610 of 69024 articles for Art. L. 221-8 + Art. R. 221-30 à R. 221-37

French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Transfers free of charge

Article 795 A

…this value is higher and at the rates to which it would have been subject at the time of its transfer.The provisions of the first and second paragraphs apply, under the same conditions, to shares in n…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Protection of sole traders

Article Annexe I

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French General Tax CodeIn force
5: Special regime applicable to forestry operations

Article 76 A

Capital gains realised on the disposal of land for forestry use or forest stands are subject to income tax under the conditions set out in the articles 150 U to 150 VH when the activity of exploitatio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Clearance sales, unpacking sales, sales on sale and factory outlet sales.

Article A310-4

Information at the point of sale is provided by the declarant throughout the duration of the clearance sale by displaying a copy of the declaration receipt issued by the town hall that is legible from…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 A

Interest, arrears and other income from bonds, debts, deposits and guarantees, royalties from the assignment or concession of operating licences, patents, trademarks, manufacturing processes or formul…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Budgetary control

Article A211-58

The budget controller shall receive, under the same conditions as the members of the bodies which he may attend pursuant toArticle 222 of Decree No. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budget manag…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 9: Special provisions for people with disabilities

Article A212-161

…he disability presented and the tests leading to the award of the brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif à trois degrés in the chosen sports option and proposes, where applicable, the adaptation of one or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article A36-6

…will result in immediate exclusion from the examination, pronounced without delay and without appeal. Without prejudice to disciplinary sanctions, the candidate may not be allowed to sit the examinat…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Target-based agreement funding for approved sports federations

Article A411-1

The Agence nationale du sport is authorised to transfer subsidies received from the State to top-level sportsmen and women as personalised aid.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Public authorities, public institutions or public utilities

Article 1044 A

The handover of goods to autonomous seaports, defined in

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